Intellectual Humility

Intellectual humility is a metacognitive process defined by recognizing the limits of one's own knowledge and acknowledging one's own fallibility. It involves not thinking too highly of oneself, refraining from treating one's own views as inherently superior to others', avoiding intellectual vanity, staying open to new ideas, and acknowledging one's own mistakes and shortcomings. It is positively associated with openness to new ideas, empathy, prosocial values, tolerance for differing perspectives and scrutiny of misinformation, and people who score higher on it tend to show benefits such as better decision-making, more positive social interactions and reduced conflict. Philosophers have long treated intellectual humility as a virtue worth cultivating.